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The Arabian Mission and Mesopotamia

The extension of the work of the Arabian Mission into Mesopo­
tamia Ims been officially approved by the British Mandatory Authority
in that area as will be seen by the following very gratifying letter from t
Sir Percy Cox, the High Commissioner of Great Britain for Mesopo­
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“In reply to your letter dated November 6th I am desired by His
Excellency, Sir Percy Cox, to say that the advent of the Arabian Mission
to Baghdad will be very welcome and that there is no objection what­
ever to the arrangements you propose.
“I have the honor to be. Sue,
Your obedient servant V
(s) C. G. Gakuett, Secretary'* n
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In addition to the above formal and official assurance, the
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Deputation, when on its visit to Mesopotamia in October, 1920, received $
from the Military Governor of Baghdad, who was in temporary control
of the property of the Church Missionary Society in that City, the
assurance that it would be surrendered cheerfully to the Arabian Mission
in the event of its desiring to come into possession of it.
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This cut h published by courtesy oj'%i The Independent"
The Arabian Mission has for some years occupied, in lower Mesopotamia,
in addition to Basrah, the Stations of Ainara and Nasiriyeh. (Nasaria) On this
map Hillah is the site of Babylon, Mosul of Nineveh, Nasiriyeh of Ur of the
Chaldees, and Kurna, at the junction of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, the
traditional site of the Garden of Eden.